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I don't know of any in the North East, which is very sad because that's the type of company I want to work for. I suspect a lot of agencies may jump on the bandwagon and talk the talk because ethical policies are all 'trendy' now - but I hope not.

I'm actually in the process of redesigning the entire site, which will include more detail about both our sustainability and ethical policies.

Given the nature of the design and marketing business (I like to quote Bill Hicks, who calls us the "ruiners of all things good"), it's very important to me that the work I do be conducted with regards to the people it impacts (both directly and indirectly).

Last week, on the way to Fort Wayne’s airport, I passed a new housing tract. The land in the area is wooded and rolling, but the development had been bulldozed flat and all the trees, of course, were gone. At the entrance to this instant wasteland there was a sign: “Wildwood.” ... It is our fate, recalling the ancient Chinese curse, to live in interesting times. The heads of every one of us are full of lumps from these interesting times, and anyone may be forgiven for finding himself in a state of confusion. Still, there is one way to simplify an impossibly complicated situation which I find both practical and comforting. It is to look at whatever one is doing and to decide whether it is an act that will enhance life, even to the most minute degree, or something that will work against life. What makes this kind of work worth doing? What is the payoff for the effort demanded? In my view the answer is simple: it is the only way to get an exit visa from Wildwood.

Someone's already mentioned it, but I saw a talk in Cardiff from Thomas Matthews earlier in the summer and it was really inspiring. It struck me that it was more than just a policy page on a website, more a sort of philosophy that guided how their work came out at the end.